1. Worth looking at @jbouie's feed for today as he deals with nimrods & knuckleheads who can't grasp simple historical connection (attested to by many historians) between ideological racism & Enlightenment.https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1002913913476874240 …
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2. There are a few details you could quibble with in
@jbouie (new scholarship* has complicated our understanding of Locke & slavery) but what he's articulating is the overwhelming mainstream consensus of historians of Enlightenment.3 replies 12 retweets 131 likesShow this thread -
3. This thread is good & the scholars recommended are super-salient. Key point is there is distinction between venerable phenomenon of xenophobia (distrust of other cultures) & ideological racism (posited hierarchy of humanity in age of global imperialism)
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4. Here's the relevant thread with excellent recommendations:https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1002932017678422016 …
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b-boy bouiebaisseVerified account @jbouieOh, so Ben is responsible for these replies. Well Ben, my sincere advice to you is to read Nell Painter or Charles Mill or Emmanuel Eze or Cedric Robinson or George Frederickson or literally any academic work on the intellectual lineage of “race” and “racism.” https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1002705917614231552 …Show this thread2 replies 16 retweets 116 likesShow this thread -
5. One interesting thing here is that
@jbouie is looking at Enlightenment as historian does (as a complex, evolving, time-bound thing). His right-wing critics are treating it as an etherial, ahistoric talisman offering perfect wisdom on individualism, freedom, democray8 replies 39 retweets 320 likesShow this thread -
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